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NAME

6       Class::MethodMaker::Engine - The parameter passing, method installation
7       & non-data-structure methods of Class::MethodMaker.
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SYNOPSIS

10       This class is for internal implementation only.  It is not a public
11       API.
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13       The non-data-structure methods do form part of the public API, but not
14       called directly: rather, called through the "use"/"import" interface,
15       as for data-structure methods.
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The Class::MethodMaker Method Installation Engine

18   import
19       This performs argument parsing ready for calling create_methods.  In
20       particular, this is the point at which v1 & v2 calls are distinguished.
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22       This is implicitly called as part of a "use" statement:
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24         use Class::MethodMaker
25           [ scalar => [qw/ foo bar baz /],
26             new    => [qw/ new /]        ,
27           ];
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29       is equivalent to
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31         Class::MethodMaker->import([scalar => [qw/ foo bar baz /],
32                                     new    => [qw/ new /]        ,
33                                    ]);
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35       See perldoc -f use for details of this equivalence.
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37       The methods created are installed into the class calling the import -
38       or more accurately, the first class up the calling stack that is not
39       "Class::MethodMaker" or a subclass thereof.
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41       SYNOPSIS
42             Class::MethodMaker->import([scalar => [+{ -type   => 'File::Stat',
43                                                       -forward => [qw/ mode size /],
44                                                       '*_foo' => '*_fig',
45                                                       '*_gop' => undef,
46                                                       '*_bar' => '*_bar',
47                                                       '*_hal' => '*_sal',
48                                                      },
49                                                    qw/ -static bob /,
50                                                   ]
51                                        ]);
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53   parse_options
54       Parse the arguments given to import and call create_methods
55       appropriately.  See main text for options syntax.
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57       SYNOPSIS
58             Class::MethodMaker->parse_options('TargetClass',
59                                               [scalar =>
60                                                 [{ -type => 'File::stat',
61                                                    -forward => [qw/ mode
62                                                                     size /],
63                                                    '*_foo' => '*_fig',
64                                                    '*_gop' => undef,
65                                                    '*_bar' => '*_bar',
66                                                    '*_hal' => '*_sal',
67                                                  },
68                                                  qw( -static bob ),
69                                                 ]])},
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71             Class::MethodMaker->parse_options('TargetClass2',
72                                               [scalar =>
73                                                 ['baz',
74                                                  { -type => 'File::stat',
75                                                    -forward => [qw/ mode
76                                                                     size /],
77                                                    '*_foo' => '*_fog',
78                                                    '*_bar' => '*_bar',
79                                                    '*_hal' => '*_sal',
80                                                  },
81                                                  qw( -static bob ),
82                                                 ]],
83                                               +{ -type => 'Math::BigInt', },
84                                               +{'*_foo' => '*_fig',
85                                                 '*_gop' => undef,},
86                                              )},
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88       ARGUMENTS
89           target_class
90               The class into which to install components
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92           args
93               The arguments to parse, as a single arrayref.
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95           options
96               A hashref of options to apply to all components created by this
97               call (subject to overriding by explicit option calls).
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99           renames
100               A hashref of renames to apply to all components created by this
101               call (subject to overriding by explicit rename calls).
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103   create_methods
104       Add methods to a class.  Methods for multiple components may be added
105       this way, but create_methods handles only one set of options.
106       parse_options is responsible for sorting which options to apply to
107       which components, and calling create_methods appropriately.
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109       SYNOPSIS
110             Class::MethodMaker->create_methods($target_class,
111                                                scalar => bob,
112                                                +{ static => 1,
113                                                   type   => 'File::Stat',
114                                                   forward => [qw/ mode size /], },
115                                                +{ '*_foo' => '*_fig',
116                                                   '*_gop' => undef,
117                                                   '*_bar' => '*_bar',
118                                                   '*_hal' => '*_sal', }
119                                               );
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121       ARGUMENTS
122           targetclass
123               The class to add methods to.
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125           type
126               The basic data structure to use for the component, e.g.,
127               "scalar".
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129           compname
130               Component name.  The name must be a valid identifier, i.e., a
131               continguous non-empty string of word ("\w") characters, of
132               which the first may not be a digit.
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134           options
135               A hashref.  Some options ("static", "type", "default",
136               "default_ctor") are handled by the auto-extender.  These will
137               be invoked if the name is present as a key and the value is
138               true.  Any other options are passed through to the method in
139               question.  The options should be named as-is; no leading hyphen
140               should be applied (i.e., use "{static => 1}" not "{-static =>
141               1}").
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143           renames
144               A list of customer renames.  It is a hashref from method name
145               to rename.  The method name is the generic name (i.e.,
146               featuring a "*" to replace with the component name).  The
147               rename is the value to rename with.  It may itself contain a
148               "*" to replace with the component name.  If rename is undef,
149               the method is not installed.  For methods that would not be
150               installed by default, use a rename value that is the same as
151               the method name.
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153               So, if a type would normally install methods
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155                 '*_foo', '*_gop', '*_tom'
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157               and optionally installs (but not by default)
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159                 '*_bar', '*_wiz', '*_hal'
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161               using a renames value of
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163                 { '*_foo' => '*_fig',
164                   '*_gop' => undef,
165                   '*_bar' => '*_bar',
166                   '*_hal' => '*_sal',
167                 }
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169               with a component name of "xx", then *_foo is installed as
170               "xx_fig", *_bar is installed as "xx_bar", *_wiz is not
171               installed, *_hal is installed as "xx_sal", *_gop is not
172               installed, and *_tom is installed as "xx_tom".
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174               The value may actually be an arrayref, in which case the
175               function may be called by any of the multiple names specified.
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177   install_methods
178       SYNOPSIS
179             Class::MethodMaker->install_methods
180               ($classname, { incr => sub { $i++ },
181                              decr => sub { $i-- },
182                            }
183               );
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185       ARGUMENTS
186           target
187               The class into which the methods are to be installed
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189           methods
190               The methods to install, as a hashref.  Keys are the method
191               names; values are the methods themselves, as code refs.
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Non-data-structure components

194   new
195         use Class::MethodMaker
196           [ new => 'new' ];
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198       Creates a basic constructor.
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200       Takes a single string or a reference to an array of strings as its
201       argument.  For each string creates a simple method that creates and
202       returns an object of the appropriate class.
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204       The generated method may be called as a class method, as usual, or as
205       in instance method, in which case a new object of the same class as the
206       instance will be created.
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208       Options
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210       -hash
211           The contructor will accept as arguments a list of pairs, from
212           component name to initial value.  For each pair, the named
213           component is initialized by calling the method of the same name
214           with the given value.  E.g.,
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216             package MyClass;
217             use Class::MethodMaker
218               [ new    => [qw/ -hash new /],
219                 scalar => [qw/ b c /],
220               ];
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222             sub d {
223               my $self = shift;
224               $self->{d} = $_[0]
225                 if @_;
226               return $self->{d};
227             }
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229             package main;
230             # The statement below implicitly calls
231             # $m->b(1); $m->c(2); $m->d(3)
232             # on the newly constructed m.
233             my $m = MyClass->new(b => 1, c => 2, d => 3);
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235           Note that this can also call user-supplied methods that have the
236           name of the component.
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238           Instead of a list of pairs, a single hashref may also be passed,
239           which will be expanded appropriately.  So the above is equivalent
240           to:
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242             my $m = MyClass->new({ b => 1, c => 2, d => 3 });
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244           Advanced Users: Class::MethodMaker method renaming is taken into
245           account, so even if the "*" method is renamed or removed, this will
246           still work.
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248       -init
249           This option causes the new method to call an initializor method.
250           The method is called "init" (original, eh?) by default, but the
251           option may be given an alternative value.  The init method is
252           passed any arguments that were passed to the constructor, but the
253           method is invoked on the newly constructed instance.
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255             use Class::MethodMaker
256               [ new => [qw/ -init new1 /, { -init => 'bob' } => 'init2' ]];
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258           Constructing with new1 involves an implicit call to "init", whilst
259           constructing with new2 involves an implicit call to "bob" (instead
260           of "init").
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262           It is the responsiblity of the user to ensure that an "init" method
263           (or whatever name) is defined.
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265       -singleton
266           Creates a basic constructor which only ever returns a single
267           instance of the class: i.e., after the first call, repeated calls
268           to this constructor return the same instance.  Note that the
269           instance is instantiated at the time of the first call, not before.
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271   abstract
272         use Class::MethodMaker
273           [ abstract => [ qw / foo bar baz / ] ];
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275       This creates a number of methods that will die if called.  This is
276       intended to support the use of abstract methods, that must be overidden
277       in a useful subclass.
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279   copy
280         use Class::MethodMaker
281           [ copy => [qw/ shallow -deep deep /] ];
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283       This creates method that produce a copy of self.  The copy is a by
284       default a shallow copy; any references will be shared by the instance
285       upon which the method is called and the returned newborn.  One option
286       is taken, "-deep", which causes the method to create deep copies
287       instead (i.e., references are copied recursively).
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289       Implementation Note:
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291       Deep copies are performed using the "Storable" module if available,
292       else "Data::Dumper".  The "Storable" module is liable to be much
293       quicker.  However, this implementation note is not an API
294       specification: the implementation details are open to change in a
295       future version as faster/better ways of performing a deep copy become
296       available.
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298       Note that deep copying does not currently support the copying of
299       coderefs, ties or XS-based objects.
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AUTHOR

302       Martyn J. Pearce <fluffy@cpan.org>
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